Trump does not plan to discuss Nvidia's "espionage case" during his visit to China, Musk will accompany him

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U.S. President Donald Trump is not expected to mention the controversy surrounding former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang to Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China next week, multiple senior U.S. officials said on November 13. Trump plans to go to Shenzhen to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit from November 18 to 19; the White House said he also plans to hold a three-way meeting with Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

An anonymous official said that Nvidia-related incidents should not affect the trip. The United States will not negotiate export controls in negotiations with China, and it is not expected to discuss these control measures during the trip to China. Officials said that the economic issues in Trump's talks with Xi Jinping will focus on the implementation of the trade agreement; the ongoing national security investigation in the United States will not be reported to China for the time being. Another official also said Trump was not expected to raise the issue of Huang.

The controversy involves Alice Wong's relationship with Jen-Hsun Huang. Alice Huang is not a relative of Huang Jen-Hsun, but she once served as an executive at Singapore-based cloud computing company Megaspeed; the United States is paying attention to whether the company helped transfer Nvidia chips subject to export restrictions to China. The relevant investigation is still ongoing, and no evidence has been released to prove that Alice Huang engaged in espionage or knew about the chip transfer arrangement. China says the accusations against her are baseless.

Jensen Huang resigned as CEO of Nvidia this week. Reports about his relationship with Alice Huang and the chip transshipment investigation have plunged Nvidia into a turmoil, and also raised questions about whether the U.S. Department of Commerce is adequately preventing the flow of advanced chips into China. U.S. officials said at the briefing that these investigations and national security issues would not be part of the negotiations at the summit.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will also go to Shenzhen with Trump. U.S. officials said Musk, who has important business interests in U.S.-China relations and is considered a key national security figure, may serve as an adviser to Trump during the trip.